Bio
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Debut
- 1982
Bio
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Debut
- 1982
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 749
- AB
- 1,894
- R
- 142
- H
- 484
- HR
- 5
- RBI
- 186
- SB
- 8
- AVG
- .256
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | PIT | 7 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| 1983 |  PIT/NYM | 73 | 193 | 11 | 48 | 0 | 12 | 1 | .249 |
| 1984 | NYM | 40 | 91 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 1 | .198 |
| 1985 | PIT | 23 | 72 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .292 |
| 1986 | PIT | 49 | 110 | 11 | 37 | 0 | 14 | 0 | .336 |
| 1987 | PIT | 75 | 192 | 16 | 52 | 1 | 22 | 0 | .271 |
| 1988 | PIT | 49 | 118 | 8 | 33 | 2 | 18 | 1 | .280 |
| 1989 | PIT | 91 | 230 | 16 | 50 | 1 | 22 | 2 | .217 |
| 1990 | MIN | 71 | 170 | 18 | 57 | 0 | 18 | 0 | .335 |
| 1991 | MIN | 61 | 134 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .209 |
| 1992 | CLE | 86 | 244 | 20 | 61 | 0 | 24 | 1 | .250 |
| 1993 | CLE | 95 | 249 | 19 | 55 | 0 | 20 | 1 | .221 |
| 1994 | TEX | 29 | 76 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .276 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 6
- AB
- 8
- R
- 0
- H
- 1
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 1
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .125
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 2,071
- TB
- 578
- XBH
- 80
- HBP
- 18
- IBB
- 7
- GIDP
- 58
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | PIT | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | PIT/NYM | 200 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | NYM | 98 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | PIT | 76 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | PIT | 122 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | PIT | 213 | 65 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | PIT | 132 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | PIT | 258 | 61 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | MIN | 187 | 66 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | MIN | 151 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | CLE | 262 | 68 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | CLE | 270 | 68 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | TEX | 86 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -1.2
- RC
- 162.5
- RC/27
- 2.90
- ISOP
- .050
- SECA
- .108
- BB/K
- 0.55
- AB/HR
- 378.8
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | PIT | -0.1 | 0.6 | 1.2 | .067 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | PIT/NYM | -1.3 | 13.6 | 2.5 | .026 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | NYM | -0.6 | 4 | 1.4 | .033 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | PIT | 0.2 | 8.3 | 4.2 | .069 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 72 | 0 |
| 1986 | PIT | 0.5 | 15.6 | 5.2 | .055 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | PIT | -0.3 | 19.6 | 3.4 | .068 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 192 | 0 |
| 1988 | PIT | -0.3 | 12.8 | 3.5 | .102 | 0.2 | 1 | 59 | 0 |
| 1989 | PIT | -0.9 | 15.2 | 2.1 | .048 | 0.1 | 1 | 230 | 0 |
| 1990 | MIN | 1.4 | 23.8 | 5.2 | .053 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | MIN | 0.2 | 8.8 | 2.1 | .052 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | CLE | -0.2 | 17.7 | 2.5 | .029 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | CLE | 0.0 | 15.1 | 2 | .052 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | TEX | 0.2 | 7.6 | 3.4 | .026 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Junior Ortiz's career stats?
Junior Ortiz played 13 seasons for the Pirates, the Mets, the Twins, the Guardians and the Rangers. He was a career .256 hitter with 484 hits, 5 home runs and 186 RBI. His best season was 1986: a .336 batting average, 0 home runs and 14 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 1 postseason, 1982 to 1994
Championships
- 1991 World Series with the Minnesota Twins
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